The Reform of Czechoslovakian Military Thinking and the Year 1968

Abstract

This paper is devoted to the role of a periodical Vojenská mysl in the reform of Czechoslovak „1968“. There were various contributions on its pages, which criticized the lack of the Czechoslovak military doctrine. The corn of criticism was also aimed at non‐systemic arrangements based on Soviet pressures in the area of diplomacy and military policy. Vojenská mysl reflected carefully the general process of democratization, which influenced the daily life in the Czechoslovakian army. The democratization required involvement of scientific base in military affaires, a long with better use of personnel capacity in the military. Klíčová slova: ČSLA; doktrína; demokratizace; ozbrojené síly; reforma; strategie.